Avantgarde Zero and Cessaro horns at Purité Audio

[Purité Audio]

Wednesday!
http://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/single-post/2017/01/23/Avantgarde-ZERO



Keith

 

[Sal1950]

Wednesday!
http://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/single-post/2017/01/23/Avantgarde-ZERO



Keith

"Purité Audio ,the most progressive and innovative Hi-Fi 'consultant' in the whole world"
Ha ha ha. I love the humbleness.

 

[Purité Audio]

Nobody else sprang to mind!
Keith

 

[RayDunzl]

I must admit that I rather like the industrial design of the Zero in a "Did you get those at IKEA?" sort of way.

No, really... I like it...

 

[Purité Audio]

That's sophisticated European design Ray, there is probably a chrome version for the US.
Keith

 

[RayDunzl]

Polyurethane cabinet with a soft-touch coating.

If we can't get it in chrome, plastic will do.

 

[Purité Audio]

Cessaro Liszt and Avantgarde Zero, I hope they get on!

Keith

 

[oivavoi]

I like the industrial design of the Zeros very much. Only heard them once, and to my ears they sounded quite colored. It's like the had an unnatural emphasis on some elements in the upper midrange - a kind of zingy distortion. Maybe it's about "higher order modes" (HOMs), that some horn designs suffer from: http://kolbrek.hoyttalerdesign.no/index.php/blag/28-higher-order-modes

Does anybody know of measurements for these? But I'm not sure if HOMs show up in ordinary frequency plots.

 

[Purité Audio]

The horns are good but I really want are these,

Keith

 

[Sal1950]

The horns are good but I really want are these,

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Keith

Your link is broken

 

[Sal1950]

Avantgarde Zero

How similar, but the K-Horns are much more attractive and lots cheaper.

 

[Purité Audio]

Yes they really are fantastically attractive!
Keith

 

[Purité Audio]

Cessaro versus Avantgarde battle of the big horn!
http://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/blog

Keith

 

[Sal1950]

Cessaro versus Avantgarde battle of the big horn!
http://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/blog

Keith

So the box of mini horns are color samples?

 

[abhijitnath]

Sorry about the necrobump- Keith, how do the Zero 1s compare to the more modern waveguide designs like the Kiis and Dutch & Dutch?

 

[Purité Audio]

I was hugely disappointed with the Zeros.
Keith

 

[Duke]

Bummer to hear the Zeros were a disappointment. They are so incredibly elegant.

Just took a look at your speaker lineup. WOW - VERY NICE!!

I was a dealer for two of your brands (Gradient and ATC) and would still be today if hadn't become a manufacturer, and there's a third that I would have added (Dutch & Dutch).

You are in a rare (perhaps unique?) position in being a dealer for both Kii and Dutch & Dutch. Nice job!!

 

[Foxxy]

I was hugely disappointed with the Zeros.
Keith

Heard them at an Electronics discounter recently, can confirm. And I was so thrilled too, AA in a big market! Nope, nope, fail.
It's a double shame because AA Trio with hornsub are amongst my favourite setups I have ever heard. Just effortless dynamics and a HUGE sound image. Somebody described them as the cinemascope of sound and I found that accurate

 

[Soniclife]

Bummer to hear the Zeros were a disappointment. They are so incredibly elegant.

Let's hope the following works out, similar dimensions.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ggntkt-m2-yes-m2.14656/